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Re: Hello from Holland

Re: Hello from Holland

Wim, I just watched an interesting Youtube video, "Beekeeping by Rotation System" and was intruiged by the synthetic hives. I take it they are light and provide more insulation for the bees. Have you used these and are they widely available in Holland?

Re: Hello from Holland

I have not used these myself, but they are used a lot over here. In fact if you were to buy new complete hives I believe that they are cheaper as well. If you want to buy these hives, have a look for segeberger hives. They come in two standard sizes German normal (370x223mm frames with 12mm ears) and simplex(360x280mm with 38mm ears). I am not sure what the correct english names are for these frame sizes but I hope its clear enough.

A reason why these hives are getting more popular over here is that the original design was changed so that the standard frame size used in holland fits in the hive. Over here most of the hives have frames of the simplex size. Few keep dadant us or modified but thats about it.